alfinete
Portuguese, noun/aw.fiˈne.t͡ʃi/
alfinete is spelled A-L-F-I-N-E-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfinete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pin (small needle with no eye)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of alfinetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena peça de metal pontiaguda num lado com cabeça”.
What does alfinete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepin (small needle with no eye)
- 2
masculinesafety pin
- 3
masculinecucurbit beetle
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena peça de metal pontiaguda num lado com cabeça 2. joia que os homens pregam na gravata
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alfinete
- alfinetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfinete?
- Brazil /aw.fiˈne.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.fiˈne.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /al.fiˈne.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfinete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfinete in Portuguese?
alfinete appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).